Rycroft takes on Mr. McCallum's absurd statement

The municipal council of a small village named Rycroft in Alberta responded to John McCallum, Minister Responsible for Canada Post's, comment that even grannies send birthday cards by e-mail:

"Close small rural post offices-what a progressive proposal! Some schools of thought toy with the idea that even little old grannies use e-mail. Can you send a parcel by e-mail, is e-mail secure, what about birthday cards and Christmas cards? (E-cards are just not the same). Although e-mail has its place, many documents still require original signatures and our rural Alberta grannies and gramps are not all computer gurus. Our local post office is a gathering place, a place where both joy and sorrow is spread in the pages that await us in that little 4"x4" box. Without letter carriers our mail is much more secure in a building behind locked doors than in a route box which can be tipped over, broken into and torched. Our local post office provides employment for several residents and provides an essential service, closing it would be regressive and our Council stands strongly opposed."